When a person is housed through the Two Step programme, they are offered the support of a volunteer mentor/befriender from our Moving On mentoring scheme, which has approved provider status from the Mentoring and Befriending Foundation.

Those who are interested to become a mentor are invited to one of our training days where they will learn about what it means to be an effective mentor. We will then ask for references and get a CRB check done before accepting volunteers as mentors for our clients.

Once accepted onto the scheme, the mentor will commit to meeting someone who had formerly been homeless over a six-month period, every two weeks.

Our mentoring coordinator will support both parties in the mentoring relationship.

Mentoring has made a significant difference to the long-term sustainability of many of the tenancies created by Two Step which has reduced the likelihood of clients becoming homeless again.

Please contact us by telephone on 020 7713 7655, or by email jane.whitworth@hopeworldwide.org.uk